Moon Light World Map

The map below shows where the Moon is visible from the Earth, depending on weather conditions and moon phases.
The white dot symbolizes the position of the Moon, and the yellow sun symbolizes the position of the sun.

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Map notes

• The bright part of the map shows where the moon is over the horizon on Wednesday, February 13, 2013 at 02:24:00 UTC.
• The Sun's position is marked with this symbol: . At this location, the Sun will be at its zenith (directly overhead) in relation to an observer.
• The Moon's position is marked with this symbol: . At this location, the Moon will be at its zenith in relation to an observer. Note that the symbol is not showing the current phase of the Moon.

Moon phase

Fraction of moon illuminated: 10%

Previous phase	New Moon	Sunday, February 10, 2013 at 7:20 AM
Next phase	First Quarter	Sunday, February 17, 2013 at 8:31 PM

Position of the Moon

On Wednesday, February 13, 2013 at 02:24:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	3° 41'	North
Longitude:	179° 10'	East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 448.18 meters/second, 1613.5 km/hour, 1002.6 miles/hour or 871.2 knots.The table below shows the Moon position compared to the time and date above:

Time	Longitude difference			Latitude difference			Total
later	Degrees	Distance	Direction	Degrees	Distance	Direction	Distance
1 minute	0° 14' 31.3"	16.71 mi	west	0° 00' 11.5"	0.22 mi	north	16.71 mi
1 hour	14° 31' 21.7"	1002.55 mi	west	0° 11' 28.2"	13.14 mi	north	1002.52 mi
24 hours	348° 38' 11.0"	784.47 mi	west	4° 24' 23.1"	302.81 mi	north	838.36 mi

Locations with the moon near zenith

The following table shows 10 locations with moon near zenith position in the sky.

Location	Local time	Distance			Direction
Baker Island	Tue 2:24 PM	620 km	385 miles	335 nm	SE
Tarawa	Wed 2:24 PM	729 km	453 miles	394 nm	WSW
Majuro	Wed 2:24 PM	962 km	598 miles	519 nm	WNW
Funafuti	Wed 2:24 PM	1349 km	838 miles	728 nm	S
Yaren	Wed 2:24 PM	1440 km	895 miles	777 nm	WSW
Fakaofo	Wed 3:24 PM	1794 km	1115 miles	969 nm	SE
Apia *	Wed 4:24 PM	2180 km	1355 miles	1177 nm	SSE
Wake Island	Wed 2:24 PM	2198 km	1366 miles	1187 nm	NW
Palikir	Wed 1:24 PM	2354 km	1463 miles	1271 nm	W
Suva	Wed 2:24 PM	2414 km	1500 miles	1304 nm	S